འཕགས་པ་ཟ་མ་ཏག་བཀད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.13

3.13

are hung with diadems, earrings, garlands, one hundred and eight-string and sixty-four-string necklaces; and are perfectly hung with armlets and a variety of other adornments.

“The bodhisattvas walk each evening along these walkways while thinking about various aspects of the Mahāyāna. They think of nirvāṇa, they contemplate all the sufferings of saṃsāra, and after contemplating suffering they meditate on love. Sarva­nīvaraṇa­viṣkambhin, such are the bodhisattvas within that pore.

“Beyond that pore, there is a pore named Vajramukha.²²¹ Within it live many hundreds of thousands of kinnaras beautified by necklaces, earrings, garlands, various jewelry, and ointments.

“They have continuous faith in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha. They are focused one-pointedly on the Dharma, remain in loving kindness, meditate on patience, contemplate nirvāṇa, and are saddened for humans. Noble son, such are the kinnaras that live there.

“There are many hundreds of mountains within that pore. Some are made of diamonds, some of silver, some of gold, some of crystal, some of rubies,²²² some of sapphires, and some of the seven jewels. Noble son, such are the signs seen within that pore.

“Noble son, within that pore there are many wish-fulfilling trees, coral trees, sandalwood trees, and aromatic trees. There are many hundreds of thousands of bathing pools. There are extremely beautiful and delightful divine celestial palaces of crystal and silver. Such are the celestial palaces that appear there.

“The kinnaras relax in those celestial palaces and discuss the Dharma. Seated,²²³ they talk about the Dharma. They talk about the perfection of generosity,